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Tour guides not only should be knowledgeable but also able to convey information in a fun and engaging way. This skill comes more easily for some than others, but PA Brew Tours guide Tom Labanc has an ace up his sleeve decades of experience as a high school social studies teacher in Pittsburgh.

"When I was a teacher I would like to think I was a storyteller," said Labanc, 67, of Mount Lebanon. "I want to paint a picture of what Pittsburgh was like before and where it is now."

Labanc (pronounced lay-bans) has been guiding visitors to the Carrie Furnace in Rankin for the past three years, and he also gives a "City of Champions" sports history...

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Tour guides not only should be knowledgeable but also able to convey information in a fun and engaging way. This skill comes more easily for some than others, but PA Brew Tours guide Tom Labanc has an ace up his sleeve decades of experience as a high...